Insights and Stories on Weather

Federal budget to offer direct payments to farmers for carbon pricing

Apr. 19, 2021 at 4:50 pm CDT

The federal government’s 2021 budget offers up new spending to support farmers combatting climate change through targeted investments — and, in some cases, direct payments. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released the budget Monday, showing the majority of new spending will take place over three years and be largely focused on […]

Conservatives’ new climate plan puts price on carbon

Apr. 17, 2021 at 6:06 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Agriculture, agrifood wish lists pile up ahead of long-delayed budget

Apr. 16, 2021 at 8:20 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Pulse weekly outlook: Seeding numbers may exceed USDA expectations

Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairies hit hard by drought

Apr. 9, 2021 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Manitoba forage, grassland growers burned by drought

Apr. 8, 2021 at 8:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An ongoing lack of precipitation, which is showing no signs of letting up in the coming months according to weather forecasts, is already causing problems for Manitoba’s forage and grasslands. Growers in the province have had to deal with three straight years with lower-than-normal precipitation. In 2019, multiple […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Canola fundamentals still strong in volatile market

Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, with the largest gains in the old-crop months amid ongoing concerns over tight supplies. Day-to-day activity could remain volatile at times, but underlying fundamentals should remain supportive heading into the 2021 growing season, according to an analyst. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat lifted on spring planting concerns

Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures gained on Wednesday, following the Minneapolis Grain Exchange’s hard red spring wheat higher on concerns that dryness across the U.S. Great Plains could affect spring wheat plantings. Chicago corn gained ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report on […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Saskatchewan to pare school tax mill rate for farmland

Apr. 6, 2021 at 11:33 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s latest budget taps down the education property tax (EPT) mill rate it sets on farmland, while raising those mill rates on other property classes. The provincial government, in Tuesday’s budget, set the provincewide EPT mill rate on agricultural land for 2021 at 1.36, down slightly from the previous rate […]

By Dave Bedard

Record-level grain handles continue for CN, CP

Apr. 6, 2021 at 4:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s two largest railways both reported new highs in grain movement for March and for their first fiscal quarters. Canadian National Railway (CN) announced Monday it had moved 2.95 million tonnes of grain last month, beating the previous March record of 2.74 million transported last year. It was […]

By MarketsFarm Team